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	<title>Comments on: LaBarbera Award: Rabbi Nachum Shifren</title>
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		<title>By: Priya Lynn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priya Lynn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don said &quot;Most species do not mate with their same sex.) Homosexuals may practice acts that are contrary to God’s and nature’s laws&quot;.

Man created god in his own image.  The men who created the christian god were primitive bigots so their &quot;god&#039;s&quot; opinion about gays is irrelevant. Secondly, many, if not most species do mate with the same sex - read Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl. 

Don said &quot;Marriage has and always will be between a man and a woman.&quot;.

Not true.  Many ancient cultures married same sex couples as did the Catholic church at one time:

http://www.libchrist.com/other/homosexual/gaymarriagerite.html


Don said &quot;Peace.&quot;.

You&#039;re not spreading peace when you promote a message of inequality, you&#039;re spreading hate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don said &#8220;Most species do not mate with their same sex.) Homosexuals may practice acts that are contrary to God’s and nature’s laws&#8221;.</p>
<p>Man created god in his own image.  The men who created the christian god were primitive bigots so their &#8220;god&#8217;s&#8221; opinion about gays is irrelevant. Secondly, many, if not most species do mate with the same sex &#8211; read Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl. </p>
<p>Don said &#8220;Marriage has and always will be between a man and a woman.&#8221;.</p>
<p>Not true.  Many ancient cultures married same sex couples as did the Catholic church at one time:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.libchrist.com/other/homosexual/gaymarriagerite.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.libchrist.com/other/homosexual/gaymarriagerite.html</a></p>
<p>Don said &#8220;Peace.&#8221;.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not spreading peace when you promote a message of inequality, you&#8217;re spreading hate.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Burroway</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Burroway</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>don

There is a double standard in ypur statement. You say when Mormons (or Jews) state their beliefs they should not be condemned. 

But what about non-Mormons and non-Jews. When we state our beliefs, why are others free to condemn us without any defense from you?

Sorry, but idiocy doesn&#039;t get a pass just because it&#039;s dressed up in religious beliefs.</description>
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<p>There is a double standard in ypur statement. You say when Mormons (or Jews) state their beliefs they should not be condemned. </p>
<p>But what about non-Mormons and non-Jews. When we state our beliefs, why are others free to condemn us without any defense from you?</p>
<p>Sorry, but idiocy doesn&#8217;t get a pass just because it&#8217;s dressed up in religious beliefs.</p>
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		<title>By: don</title>
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		<dc:creator>don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brillant and brave article!  Mormons do not &quot;come for the homosexuals&quot; they are FOR families. When Mormons (or Jews) state their beliefs they should not be condemned; their beliefs stem from the Bible and the natural order of life. (Most species do not mate with their same sex.) Homosexuals may practice acts that are contrary to God&#039;s  and nature&#039;s laws, but they are still loved children of God.  Marriage has and always will be between a man and a woman. Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brillant and brave article!  Mormons do not &#8220;come for the homosexuals&#8221; they are FOR families. When Mormons (or Jews) state their beliefs they should not be condemned; their beliefs stem from the Bible and the natural order of life. (Most species do not mate with their same sex.) Homosexuals may practice acts that are contrary to God&#8217;s  and nature&#8217;s laws, but they are still loved children of God.  Marriage has and always will be between a man and a woman. Peace.</p>
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		<title>By: Lynn David</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lynn David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Emproph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emproph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&quot;WE ALL ARE MORMONS!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

Good luck with that Rabbi, because tomorrow you will all be a Christian theocracy - and you won&#039;t have we gays around to blame for that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;WE ALL ARE MORMONS!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Good luck with that Rabbi, because tomorrow you will all be a Christian theocracy &#8211; and you won&#8217;t have we gays around to blame for that.</p>
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		<title>By: SammySeattle</title>
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		<dc:creator>SammySeattle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Rabbi, what did you say when the Mormons came for the homosexuals?  

&quot;I&#039;ve got your back.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Rabbi, what did you say when the Mormons came for the homosexuals?  </p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got your back.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jaft</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And this just gets more and more comical as the days go on...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this just gets more and more comical as the days go on&#8230;</p>
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